Johann Lamont Quotes
I guess it feels to me that the political argument that has been lost in my lifetime is taxation. How do you engage in that debate when people don't trust politicians at all? It is almost impossible to start a conversation about taxation.Johann Lamont
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
Park Chan-wook -
The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.
Barbara Deming -
America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.
e. e. cummings -
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
Victor Hugo -
As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
Eddie Murphy -
Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by.
Ralph Ellison
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My favorite novels allow me to imagine the characters afterward and what happened, and that I've witnessed a really great story, where the world goes on.
J. H. Wyman -
My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
Valerie Trierweiler -
My parents were really loving, open people to be around. I don't remember them ever telling me this profession is difficult. There was never, 'Uhhh, what else are you interested in?' They were just, 'Great. Done. Go for it.'
Rachel Keller -
Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.
Natalie Gulbis -
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.
J. R. R. Tolkien -
You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.
Lady Gaga
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Women's tennis has been around for a very long time - we're talking about the 1800s. But women's soccer hasn't had such a long history, so now they're right at the beginning of really trying to make things equal. We need to continue not only to advocate for women but to have men advocating for women.
Venus Williams -
I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers -
Everywhere I go, from malls to restaurants to sold-out tours overseas and back, everywhere I've been, I get nothing but love.
R. Kelly -
I feel I should be trying to complete my life, whatever 'completing a life' means.
Oliver Sacks -
I literally in the New York flea market - just when I was despairing of ever having a great serendipitous find - found a 1926 Chanel.
Hamish Bowles -
We believe in peace in the settlement of all disputes through peaceful means, in the abolition of war, and, more particularly, nuclear war.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
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I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write. I think Charlize Theron would make a lovely Marie Antoinette.
Kathryn Lasky -
A standup set ends on a buildup of tension and subsequent release for a big laugh.
Josh Gondelman -
The people I see every day have known me since I was a little fat kid.
Alden Ehrenreich -
I have started or run several companies and spent time with dozens of entrepreneurs over the years. Virtually none of them, in my experience, made meaningful personnel or resource-allocation decisions based on incentives or policies.
Andrew Yan -
I guess it feels to me that the political argument that has been lost in my lifetime is taxation. How do you engage in that debate when people don't trust politicians at all? It is almost impossible to start a conversation about taxation.
Johann Lamont